Fort Ransom

Famous quotes containing the words fort and/or ransom:

    To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.... There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
    —Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

    And the chieftain’s head, with grinning sockets, and varnished—
    Is it hung on the sky with a hideous epitaphy?
    No, the woman keeps the trophy.
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)